Children without father or born through second marriages deprived of birth registration

Many children are stateless as they are unable to get citizenship certificates due to lack of birth registration documents issued by ward office.

Kalpana Thapa wedded a married man of Butwal Sub-metropolis-8 around six years ago. The couple soon had a baby girl, who is now five years old. But Thapa has not been able to register her daughter’s birth since her marriage has no legal standing.